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Kalin Kalev
Perceived Risk in Mandatory Risk Disclosures
Summary:
Banks are taking risks which are ex post inadequately disclosed. Opaque information impedes market participants to estimate the level of risk. Risk disclosures allow investors and other stakeholders to understand the risk profile of the bank entity. In effect, ttransparent risk disclosures promote market discipline. The paper is focused on the identification of the affect of the financial risk on the ex post mandatory disclosures.
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Radka Andasarova
Role of the International Federation of Accountants (IFAC) in Promoting Public Sector Accounting Reform
Summary:
Digital governance and applying a framework for general purpose financial reporting by public sector entities are the key for successful reform in European countries. IFAC standard-setting activities and digital technologies in the public sector accounting are analyzed. The initiative is widely supported by IFAC member bodies and associates, representing more than 3 million professional accountants across the globe. This article's purpose is to study the role of IFAC in the process of accounting reform in the public sector. It is considered that the International Federation of Accountants (IFAC) has a significant and key role in this process, promoting of the new platform for digital access to IAS- eIS and the tools to assist public sector entities transitioning from cash to the accrual basis of accounting – “Pathways to Accrual“.
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Kalin Kalev
Accounting Monitoring on Determinants of Disclosures ‒ Validity and Application to Bulgarian Banks
Summary:
Theoretical framework for investigation of mandatory disclosures have no algorithmical of research methodology and methods. The main reason is there is no established common conceptual framework of disclosures in financial reporting which functional definition to reflect their role and significance. By “functional definition” of concept we mean a definition which makes explicit the usefulness of the concept for certain purposes. In the paper we analyse the determinants of disclosures on sample of bank institutions in Bulgaria and we test previous research assumptions and resultants of the accounting literature. Furthermore, we propose a new framework for measurement of risk disclosures which can introduce to our knowledge some insights about the factors that influence the practice.